Funzing, A community sharing marketplace, has raised $1.5 million from venture capital firm, Inimiti, in order to launch the platform in the UK.
Category: News
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Prepare for broadband price hike as UK gears up to have 100% connectivity
A £1 levy on your monthly internet bill is being considered by the Government to pay for the UK’s superfast broadband rollout.
London’s ‘knowledge boys’ help Gett upstage Uber with champagne deliveries
Black cab app Gett breaks out the bubbles in the battle of the taxi apps.
Trampery fashion incubator forced to find new home as rent hits £500,000
400% rent hike leaves social enterprise designed to help fashion innovation thrive searching for a new home.
Visa backs two Irish brother’s PayPal competitor driving it to $5bn valuation
Payment processing company Stripe gains backing from VISA and sees its valuation soar by $2bn in just 12 months to see the four year old company hit a $5Bn valuation.
Amazon to sell crowdfunded products from fledgling entrepreneurs
Amazon.com has launched a new platform that is set to help startups advertise and distribute their products directly to millions of Amazon customers, filling an important gap for entrepreneurs trying to reach a wider market of consumers.
Powered Now turns to Crowdcube for second time to raise £350k
Investment from the crowd will drive adoption of mobile app to help tradesmen
with an admin headache
IoD steps up efforts to build pipeline of women executives
Business group partners with Women’s Executive Network to support UK launch
UK economy sees 0.7% second quarter growth
UK economic growth accelerated to 0.7% in the second quarter of the year, according to the first official estimate.
Blank Canvas relaunches London’s Adam Street venue as event space
Blank Canvas flexed their muscles and showed everyone just what they can do by relaunching Nine Adam Street last week.
BBC looks to 8 – 14 years olds for the next generation of entrepreneurs
The BBC are launching Pocket Money Pitch, a new CBBC television series looking for enthusiastic, hardworking and creative 8 – 14 year olds who could be able to impress some of the brightest business brains in the UK with their very own business idea.
Smarter working set to save British businesses £1.6bn
With productivity playing an increasingly central role in driving the UK’s economic success, new research shows that growth will come from challenging the norm of the working day by maximising the benefits of technology.
Three in four small business owners believe in luck
Almost three quarters of small business owners believe that luck plays a part in business success, according to new research.
Over 80% of companies increased revenue by investing in Internet of Things
New global study looks at the impact of IoT technologies around the world
British SMEs trading globally & looking beyond continent for growth
More SMEs are trading globally and looking beyond Europe for growth according to the latest research-based findings from Western Union Business Solutions.
